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Collected Stories

William Faulkner

Paperback | Pages: 900 pages

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Original Title:	Collected Stories
Edition Language:	English URL http://www.randomhouse.com/highschool/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780679764038
Literary Awards:	National Book Award for Fiction (1951)

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“A Bear Hunt,” “A Rose for Emily,” “Two Soldiers,” “Victory,” “The Brooch,” “Beyond”—these are among the forty-two stories that make up this magisterial collection by the writer who stands at the pinnacle of modern American fiction. Compressing an epic expanse of vision into narratives as hard and wounding as bullets, William Faulkner’s stories evoke the intimate textures of place, the deep strata of history and legend, and all the fear, brutality, and tenderness of which human beings are capable.

These tales are set not only in Yoknapatawpha County but in Beverly Hills and in France during World War I; they are populated by such characters as the Faulknerian archetypes Flem Snopes and Quentin Compson (“A Justice”) as well as ordinary men and women who emerge in these pages so sharply and indelibly that they dwarf the protagonists of most novels.
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Contains:
Barn burning --
Shingles for the Lord --
The tall men --
A bear hunt --
Two soldiers --
Shall not perish --
A rose for Emily --
Hair --
Centaur in brass --
Dry September --
Death drag --
Elly --
Uncle Willy --
Mule in the yard --
That will be fine --
That evening sun --
Red leaves --
A justice --
A courtship --
Lo! --
Ad Astra --
Victory --
Crevasse --
Turnabout --
All the dead pilots --
Wash --
Honor --
Dr. Martino --
Fox hunt --
Pennsylvania Station --
Artist at home --
The brooch --
My Grandmother Millard --
Golden land --
There was a queen --
Mountain victory --
Beyond --
Black music --
The leg --
Mistral --
Divorce in Naples --
Carcassonne.

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Title	:	Collected Stories
Author	:	William Faulkner
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	1st Vintage International edition (US/CAN)
Pages	:	Pages: 900 pages
Published	:	1995 by Vintage International (first published 1948)
Categories	:	Short Stories. Fiction. Classics. Literature

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I've been told Fitzgerald is the epitome of a short story writer. After reading this book, I respectfully disagree. The Chicago Tribune got it right when it said that "There is not a story in this book which does not have elements of great fiction." Even if I did not particularly like the story or understand it at first, it is impossible not see Faulkner's mastery of the craft. Stories I liked:"Hair""Dry September": Reminded me so much of a twisted version of To Kill a Mockingbird I wondered if

In my experience, one does not become a reader of William Faulkner so much as a student of William Faulkner. Reading his work is, well, a lot of work. Im reminded of a person who is forced to attend an opera which is performed in a foreign language, in a historical setting, without the benefit of subtitles and the evenings program. Faulkners art is similarly inaccessible, and I must admit that his stories initially irritated me in the same way a fat lady in a Viking costume, screeching on a

42 short stories, most range from 20 to 30 pages long giving each story time to develop and be satisfying, not a bad story here, all of them are worth reading and cover all of Faulkner's themes ~ love, race, family, history, community. 10 highlights are: "barn burning" "a rose for emily" "hair" "that will be fine" "that evening sun" "ad astra" "the brooch" "golden land" "mistral" and "the tall men"

Faulkner is worth the extra effort. Give me Faulkner over Hemingway and Fitzgerald any day.

This review is probably not going to make me popular with any of my friends who are fans of classic literature. I really had to plod through this off and on for a period of over a year while I read other things, too. Out of the "big three" Nobel winning 20th Century American authors- I truly love Steinbeck, Hemingway has some moments of brilliance (not in every work, mind you), but I've read enough Faulkner to know that I just truly don't care for his writing. With the exception of the short

a man sees further looking out of the dark upon the light than a man does in the light and looking out upon the light - William FaulknerFaulkner is a brilliant story teller, he has a true gift for presenting uncomfortable social dynamics that are raw and heart piercing.